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A sultry young dancer is transformed from an unknown immigrant into a silent film sensation. Rudolph Valentino’s stardom blazes across the silver screen but is quickly consumed by the same forces that ignited it. Seduction and scandal swirl in Dominick Argento’s tango-tinged opera about an artist discovered and destroyed by Hollywood.

Sung in English with English captions projected above the stage.

A Minnesota Opera New Works Initiative Production.

Synopsis Valentino has just arrived from Italy, and has found employment as a dancer in a Broadway dance palace. He recoils when one of his partners makes a provocative and inappropriate move. Read More... Composer Biography Dominick Argento is considered to be America's preeminent composer of lyric opera... Read More...

Performances Sat. 3/1/14 at 7:30pm Tue. 3/4/14 at 7:30pm Thu. 3/6/14 at 7:30pm Sat. 3/8/14 at 7:30pm Sun. 3/9/14 at 2:00pm See 3 operas for as little as $50! Season packages are on sale now. Single tickets go on sale July 22, 2013. All performances take place at the Ordway.

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